The students of the Black Belt Academy recently competed at the first ATA tournament held in Jonesboro, Arkansas, earning 26-1st place, 6-2nd place and 5-3rd place medals, an incredible 37 medals in all. It's even more amazing considering first-time competitors accounted for half of our entries! Awesome job!

• Miss Laura: 1st in Sparring, 2nd in Creative Forms and 3rd in Traditional Forms
• Mr. Blaze: 1st in Forms and Weapons
• Miss Zoie: 1st in Forms, Weapons and Sparring
• Mr. Ryker: 1st in Forms, Weapons and Combat Weapons, 2nd in Sparring
• Mr. Spencer: 3rd in Weapons
• Ms. Kris: 1st in Weapons
• Mr. Drew: 1st in Forms, Weapons and Sparring
• Mr. Adrian: 1st in Forms and Weapons
• Mr. Jacob: 1st in Weapons and Sparring, 2nd in Forms
• Miss Addy: 1st in Sparring and 3rd in Forms and Weapons
• Mr. Walter: 1st in Forms and Combat Weapons, 2nd in Traditional Weapons and Sparring
• Mr. Cyrus: 3rd in Forms
• Mr. Damon: 1st in Sparring and Weapons, 2nd in Forms
• Mr. Dean: 1st in Forms, Sparring, Traditional Weapons and Creative Weapons